Obituaries

Local obituaries for Abingdon, Bel Air, Jarrettsville, MD, and surrounding areas.

Pete James Ladas

Pete James Ladas

Aug 19, 2003

PETE JAMES LADAS, age 74, of Colora, MD, formerly of Bel Air, MD, died at his residence on August 19, 2003. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on December 15, 1928, he was the son of the late James Pete and Athena Argentos Ladas. He graduated from Tulsa University and Oklahoma State University and taught in the public school system for 52...

Anne Josephine Gadbois

Anne Josephine Gadbois

Aug 18, 2003

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James Hartsock

James Hartsock

Aug 17, 2003

JAMES “JIMMY” R. HARTSOCK, 66, of Edgewood died at Lorien Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on August 17, 2003. Born in Baynesville, Maryland, he was the son of the late Elihu Joseph and Margaret Ann Patrick Hartsock. He was retired from Homewood Realty, Baltimore where he was a carpenter. He enjoyed NASCAR races and Ravens football and enjoyed playing horseshoes.Mr....

Rena Marie Pennington

Rena Marie Pennington

Aug 17, 2003

RENA MARIE PENNINGTON, 82, of Bel Air, Maryland, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, Maryland, on August 17, 2003. Born in Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Lee Ander and Lannie Victoria Brooks Combs and the wife of the late Wilson Jackson Pennington. Before she was married, she had worked at her family’s print shop in...

Charles Joseph Shunk

Charles Joseph Shunk

Aug 15, 2003

CHARLES JOSEPH SHUNK, age 50, of Fallston, died at his residence on August 15, 2003. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son the late Carl Harry and Marcella Elizabeth Pearce Shunk. He served his country in the Army and had retired from the U.S. Coast Guard after 20 years of service. He loved hunting and fishing.Mr. Shunk is...

James Thomas Swisher, Sr.

James Thomas Swisher, Sr.

Aug 15, 2003

JAMES THOMAS SWISHER, SR. , 76, of Essex, died at Franklin Square Hospital, Rossville, MD on August 15, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late James Spiddle and Margaret M. Weitzel Swisher. He served his country in the U.S. Army during WW II. Upon completion of duty he went to law school under the G.I. Bill....

Charles Joseph Shunk

Charles Joseph Shunk

Aug 15, 2003

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Roberta Lee Sigsbee

Roberta Lee Sigsbee

Aug 14, 2003

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Mark William Larsen

Mark William Larsen

Aug 13, 2003

MARK WILLIAM LARSEN, 46, of Belcamp, died at his home on August 13, 2003. Born in Fairview Park, Ohio, he was the son of Louis Martin, Jr. and Nancy Marie Burkhart Larsen of Fairview Park, Ohio. He was a graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. A Harford County resident for 23 years, he was employed as a general...

Joseph Ostrowski

Joseph Ostrowski

Aug 12, 2003

JOSEPH OSTROWSKI, 71, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on August 12, 2003. Born in Albany, New York, he was the son of the late Frank and Bernice Ostrowski, and the husband of the late Barbara A. Nelson Ostrowski. He had retired from Bethlehem Steel after 33 years of service where he worked as an accountant. He...

Ellen Jane Brashear

Ellen Jane Brashear

Aug 11, 2003

ELLENJANE BRASHEAR, of Bel Air died on August 11, 2003 at Calvert Manor Nursing Home. She was 83.Born April 29, 1920 in Sparrows Point, she was the daughter of the late Helen Mengle Bamford and George F. Bamford, Sr.She graduated from Sparrows Point High School and from Towson State Teachers College. During WW II, she volunteered for the American Red...

Edna Gay Gullett

Edna Gay Gullett

Aug 11, 2003

EDNA GAY GULLETT, age 75, of Perryman, died at her home on August 11, 2003. Born in Princeton, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Rum Clem and Myrtle Whidker Rumburg. She had retired from Bata Shoe Company where she worked as a seamstress. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. She was a graduate of...

Kathryn (Bunny) Moxley

Kathryn (Bunny) Moxley

Aug 9, 2003

KATHRYN (BUNNY) MOXLEY, age 66, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on August 9, 2003. Born May 10, 1937 in Bel Air, she was the daughter of Lillie Mae Brooks Crouse of Delta and the late Coy W. Crouse. She and her husband, Mack Coy Moxley recently celebrated their 48th anniversary at a party given by their...

Brian Lee Sewell

Brian Lee Sewell

Aug 9, 2003

BRIAN LEE SEWELL, 33, of Bel Air, died at Andrews Air Force Base on August 9, 2003. Born in Needles, California, he was the son of Winfield E. and Margaret Ann Gilliam Sewell of Bel Air. A life long resident of Harford County, he was a graduate of Bel Air High School where he was a state champion gymnast and...

Edna Mildred Blake

Edna Mildred Blake

Aug 7, 2003

EDNA MILDRED BLAKE, age 96, of Bel Air died in Citizens Care Center, Havre de Grace on August 7, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Henry Charles and Massie Marie Cantley Smith and the wife for 57 years of the late William Daniel Blake. Her first husband was the late Albert Holloway. A homemaker, her...

Betty Wilson

Betty Wilson

Aug 7, 2003

BETTY WILSON, age 94, of Plymouth, Michigan formerly of Forest Hill, died August 7, 2003 at Providence Hospital in Michigan. She was the daughter of the late James A. and Louisa Poole Mahan. She served the Harford County Draft Board for many years as its Clerk Coordinator. Mrs. Wilson was an active member for many years in St. Margaret Church...

Margaret Gertrude Anderson

Margaret Gertrude Anderson

Aug 6, 2003

MARGARET GERTRUDE ANDERSON, age 85, of Overlea, died in Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at Riverside on August 6, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late August James and Mary Rita Trainor Kimpel, Sr. and was the wife of the late James C. Anderson, Sr. for 63 years.Mrs. Anderson is survived by two sons, James C....

Sarah Kyle

Sarah Kyle

Aug 5, 2003

SARAH KYLE, age 77, of Fallston, died in Harford Memorial Hospital on August 5, 2003. Born in Mercer, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the George William and Edna Clark Sims. She worked as a first grade teacher in the Baltimore County Public Schools for 18 years and sold Tupperware. Her family says she was a wonderful cook, a kind,...

Kenneth Lee Davis

Kenneth Lee Davis

Aug 4, 2003

KENNETH LEE DAVIS, age 88, of Berryville, Virginia, died at his home on August 4, 2003. Born in Oakland, Maine, he was the son of the late Ralph Westbrook and Blanche Lee Soule Davis, and the husband of the late Myrtle V. Davis. During the depression he worked in a civil conservation corp (CCC) in western Maryland. He had retired...

Virginia B. Rufenacht

Virginia B. Rufenacht

Aug 2, 2003

VIRGINIA B. RUFENACHT, age 82, of Bel Air, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on August 2, 2003. Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Floyd Amos and Ida Mae Printz Blosser and the wife of the late E. H. Rufenacht, Jr. She had worked as a school teacher for Harford County Public Schools. She...

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